Self-fastening line reel



Nov. 26, 1940. T. B. RAGSDALE Filed May 29, 1939 IN V EN TOR. ikg m' 5. 1646 501422 'WY ATTORNEYS.

'30 portions each time The ring itself also continued until the line passes under the curved;?

35 line may be readily moved between the contacting Patented Nov. 26,1940 e 2,222,802

UNITE, STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 2,222,802 i SELF-FASTENING LINE REEL Tyrus B. Ragsdale, San Francisco, Calif.

Application May 29, 1939, Serial No. 276,366 3 Claims. (01. 242-96) My invention relates to improvements in a Figure 3 shows the device secured to a supseli-fastening line reel, and it consists of the port. combinations, constructions and arrangements In carrying out my invention, I provide a dehereinafter described and claimed. vice having a reel or i A and e Split ring 1 An object of my invention is to provide a selfhandle portion B; The device is preferably made .5 fastening line reel which is preferably constructed from a single P ece O Wire indicated generally from a single piece of material such as a wire, at 1, although it maybe cast from a plastic mathis wirebeing bent in a novel shape for providterial, if desired. The wire is shaped for providing 'aline-carrying portion and a ring that can ing arcuate recesses 2 and 3 for forming the act as a handle during the time the line is wound reel andis furt r shap d nt a spl t r 4 that 10 on the reel. The ring is also made large enough has its two ends 5 and 6 frictionally contacting to receive the thumb and permit the ring to oswith each other. The ends of the. e l e cillate on'th'e thumb when the line is unwound p rab y butt Welded at 1. It will be noted fj'omzthe l, that the arcuate recesses 2 and 3 are spaced One of the principal features of the invention from the sides 8 and ,9 a d provide Small 15 is theprovision of a ring which is split and in ecesses l0. 7 I l which the side portions of the two ends or the From th fore i d scrip n of hevarious ring frictionally contact with each other ior Pa s Of the device, the operation thereof m gripping a portion of the line therebetween. A be readily understood. o

part of the line may be moved into the interior A line I I is wrapped around t e eel' as 'shown of the ring by forcing the line between the conat W and s held in pl e y t e recesses? and tacting split portions. In this simple way, the The free end the line y be qu ly'fa n i may Secured t t l in such way tened to the reel to prevent it from accidentally that the reel will be supported by the line and unwinding- To accomplish this, e p rtion a without t e becoming'accidentally unwound of the line is moved into contact with the plane; 25

fronithe reel. It is possible to fasten the line of the g See Figure d hen this line more securely to the ring by wrapping it around portion is moved across the face of the ring from the base portion of the ring a, number of times the broken line position a toward the other and forcing the line between the ring contacting broken line Position and t mOVement is forms a further function of acting as a cam for end B of the ring? The t e ey how be'swung guiding the portion of the line contacting with back toward the broken line DOSltlOIlOL and this the ring, toward the base of the ring where the 52 g a ii figgnggg sga gg gi s line will now extend through thering and the- Spht h line may be folded back oniitself at thje'point The devlce may be used a large number a: and then it will extend through oneof the of purposes and the self-fastening feature of the ll recesses 10 and upwardly t th ti split ring permits any portion of the line to be not shown, to which. the line is attached. It 40 quickly secured to the ring without the necessity will be seen from this description that the line 40 of tying the line to the reel by a special knot. may be thus quic y fastened to the reel 0 as The line may also be quickly unfastened from to Prevent its unwinding Without e need of the ring, actually tying the line to the reel by a knot.

Other objects and advantages will appear in Figure I show how the device is usedh the following specification, and the novel feal e the mm H from the reel The rmg 45 tures of the device will be particularly pointed 1S Shpped.over.the thumb and then as much out in the appended claims l1ne as desired s merely pulled from the reel. My invention is illustrated in the accompany- Durmg the unwmdmg of the the reel W111 oscillate back and forth about the thumb as a mg drawmg formmg a part of thls' apphcatlon, pivot and the ring will act as a bearing. It is 50 in which possible to remove the line very quickly from the F gure 1 1s a plan view of the device; reel in this manner. Figure 2 shows the device mounted on the In Figure 3, I show how the line may be more thumb and i a position o permit the unwindsecurely fastened to the ring than that shown mg of the hue from the reel; and in Figure 1. In this instance, the line is wound 55 around the base of the ring in the same manner as already described in Figure 1, but a number of loops of the line are made about the ring base and this will cause the line to become fastened to the ring base at the point y. The free portion of the line may then extend across the face of the reel as shown at M and extend through a slot l5 in a board IS. The reel is held against movement by a nail I! that is hammered into the board IS, the nail receiving the ring B. It is clear from this showing, that one ormore turns of the line about the base of the ring will securely fasten the line to the reel. This type of fastening is resorted to when the line is not in use or when the ring is used to fasten the line to the work.

It will be seen that the split ring performs four functions. In the first place, it acts as a handle while the line is being wound on the reel. In the second place, it acts as a point of pivot when it is slipped over the thumb and the line is being unwound from the reel. In the third place, the line may he slipped past the contacting split portions of the ring and therefore the line cannot unwind from the reel. This obviates the necessity of tying the line to the reel by a knot. The linecan also be wrapped a number of times about the ring base and be fastened in place. In the fourth place, the plane of the ring acts as a cam surface for guiding the line toward the base of the ring when the reel is swung for inclining the plane of the ring at the proper angle. This permits the free portion of the line to extend from the point z and extend in any direction over a wide angle indicated by the doublearrow line 2'. The string portion a when in any position between the extremes of the wide angle will be contacted by the ring and the ring can be moved for camming and guiding the line toward the ring base where it can be gripped by'the overlapping ring portions 5 and 6 and thus be secured to the device.

The fastening of the line as shown in Figure 1, takes the place of the customary half hitch which would otherwise be necessary to make in the line. The additional turns of the line about the base of the ring as shown in Figure 3, will securely fasten it to the reel so that the reel need not be suspended from the line shown in Figure 1, but may be laid on a supporting surface. The fastening of the line to the ring may be accomplished by the same winding motion used in winding the line on the reel. The line is merely pulled to one side a distance to clear the reel and then the winding is continued about the ring base. Each loop of the line is drawn tight in order to force the line between the line gripping portions 5 and 6.

and the operator has to move his hand that feeds the line, around the stick a great number of times.

I claim:

1. A self-fastening line reel comprising a single endless wire bent to form an elongated reel with inwardly extending arcuate-shaped ends for receiving a line, a portion of the wire forming one sidebeing bent into a helix to form a split ring whose ends overlie each other for a short distance and then extend to form said side, the overlying helical portions frictionally engaging with each other to grip and hold a portion of the line disposable therebetween.

2. A self-fastening line reel comprising a single wire bent to form an elongated reel with inwardly extending arcuate-shaped ends and substantially straight sides, the arcuate portions being spaced slightly from the sides of the reel to form linereceiving recesses between the arcuate portions and the sides, a portion of the wire forming one side being bent into one loop of a helix to form a split ring whose ends extend to form the said one side and overlie each other for a short distance and frictionally engage with each other to grip and hold a line portion disposable therebetween.

3. A self-fastening line reel comprising a single wire bent to form an elongated reel with inwardly extending arcuate-shaped ends and substantially straightsides, the arcuate portions being spaced slightly from the sides of the reel to form line-receiving recesses between the arcuate portions and the sides, a portion of the wire forming one side being bent into one loop of a helix to form a split ring whose ends extend to form the said one side and overlie each other for a short distance and frictionally engage with each other to grip and hold a line portion disposable therebetween, the other side of the reel having the ends of'the wire arranged in abutting relation and welded together.

TYRUS B. RAGSDALE. 

